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Marc Marquez is totally dominating the 2014 MotoGP World Championship at the halfway mark of the season.
From nine races, Marquez has won all nine, has recorded seven pole positions, seven fastest laps, and has a perfect points record of 225 points.
He leads the world championship by a scarcely believable 77 points over teammate Dani Pedrosa, with Valentino Rossi third, 84 points behind Marquez.
Marquez is showing a level of riding that I haven’t seen in motorcycle racing in my life, and a level of riding I think many people who are reading this article will have not seen in a very long time at least. It is also a style of riding that always keeps you on the edge of your seats, and leaves the people watching in complete awe of what he is able to do on a motorcycle.
Marquez, since he arrived in the premier class, has changed the mentalities of Jorge Lorenzo and to a lesser extent Dani Pedrosa. Marquez has forced both of them to raise their games to much higher levels if they want to win the world championship, and so far they haven’t be able to on a consistent basis.
For Lorenzo, he has been rather awful this season, and only once really has he looked anything like the rider that he is capable and has shown he can be. This was at Mugello, where Lorenzo pushed Marquez all the way on arguably a slightly better bike than Marquez.
At the other races, in Qatar, he crashed out on the opening lap. At Austin, he did a huge jump start, which resulted in a ride-through penalty, and he could only recover to finish 10th.
In Argentina, he was riding better than at either Qatar or Austin, but still didn’t have the spark to give Marquez a run for his money, finishing third. At Jerez, he selected the wrong front tyre, and paid the price, finishing fourth. At Le Mans, Lorenzo had a bad start, and could not overtake other bikes quickly enough, finishing in sixth position.
In Barcelona, Lorenzo was competitive for a fair period of that race, but dropped away to finish in fourth spot. At Assen, Lorenzo put in one of his worst performances in his entire career, finishing 13th, exposing mental scars in a significant way that have been created in-part by Marquez in the last year and a half.
In Germany, Yamaha didn’t seem to have the speed compared with Honda, with Lorenzo finishing in third spot.
This run of form, and the circumstances around this show that Lorenzo has massive mental scars, which have been largely created by Marquez. The reasoning by Lorenzo that injuries, or his physical condition is the thing fuelling his poor form is just a smokescreen to the fact he has large mental scars as a result of Marquez and his form.
For Pedrosa, he seems destined not to win a MotoGP World Championship, and seems content to be a No.2 rider behind Marquez. He has been reasonably consistent this season, but doesn’t seem capable of challenging Marquez on the same bike on a consistent basis.
For Rossi, he has been back to previous form somewhat, but just doesn’t have the speed to challenge Marquez, and I think Rossi knows himself that he may never win another world championship. However, he is still enjoying his racing, and I feel he is doing a good job at this moment.
As for Marquez, he is riding unbelievably well right now, and if he continues on this vein of form, he is going to be one very hard man to beat.
He is the fastest and best motorcycle rider in the world today.
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